For the entire day on Saturday, Shen Qiang and Xin Xiaoting stuck together like glue, finding it hard to part from each other. But on Sunday, considering that if she failed her Monday's test, Xiaoting would have to wait another year to retake it, she finally sent Shen Qiang away.

With Shen Qiang by her side, she simply couldn't concentrate on her studies.

After leaving Xin Xiaoting's aunt's house.

It was already past the early morning rush when one could find hidden treasures at the antique market.

With a casual mindset, Shen Qiang still went to the antique market.

By the time Shen Qiang arrived at the antique market, it was already after nine.

On the ordinary stalls, the genuinely valuable items had already been picked clean, so after hesitating for a moment, Shen Qiang decided not to waste his True Qi and headed straight for Sun Kaiping's stall, which he remembered the location of.

In his hand, there should be an excellent red Tourmaline Ring.

Xin Xiaoting liked this kind of gemstone very much.

Shen Qiang had wanted to buy one for her before, but it was snatched up by Zhang Liwei.

Now that Shen Qiang was together with Xin Xiaoting, once she finished her exam on Monday, she would leave the Provincial City. If he missed this opportunity, Shen Qiang didn't know when he would be able to give her a gift again.

He walked along, following the route in his memory.

He soon found Sun Kaiping's stall.

But just as he got close to the stall, seeing the items and promotional photos on display, Shen Qiang immediately understood why Boss Ma had said that the high antique dealers would execute anyone they caught, and there would absolutely not be any wrongful cases.

Because at that moment, Sun Kaiping's stall was filled with all sorts of jars.

The price was uniformly set at fifty thousand each.

Next to it was a huge promotion photo of the Blood Coral that Shen Qiang had already sold and the finger-ring still stored in the bank.

"Hey, this jar is not bad, a Jade Pendant came out of it. Although it doesn't look like it's worth fifty thousand, it still seems worthwhile for thirty thousand."

"Should I open another one? Recently, I've lost several hundred thousand by opening jars."

"Go ahead, someone found a Tang Sancai soup spoon at this stall yesterday, said to be worth over a million."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang's eyes crinkled with amusement.

Sitting at the stall and looking serious, Sun Kaiping fell silent for a moment as Shen Qiang approached, then stood up, and his apprentice immediately took over.

"Looking for the Tourmaline Ring?" Sun Kaiping smiled.

Shen Qiang nodded.

At that moment, Boss Ma came over, toothpick in mouth, and chuckled, "A lousy Tourmaline is at most worth a hundred thousand or two hundred thousand. Old Sun, be straightforward and just name your price."

Hearing this, Sun Kaiping laughed, "Boss Ma, don't talk nonsense with your conscience. You know the condition of that excellent Tourmaline Ring; you yourself have offered seven hundred thousand for it."

Boss Ma chuckled heartily, "That was when it was expensive; now it's not worth that much."

Sun Kaiping was not upset. With a flip of his hand, he revealed a bead and said, "Shen Qiang, if you can authenticate this bead for me, I will let you have that excellent Tourmaline Ring for six hundred thousand."

Shen Qiang immediately activated his Observation Skill, then laughed.

"Relic burned at high temperature, containing ash among its components, made half a year ago, similar to industrial diamond, definitely a fake."

Hearing this, Boss Ma chuckled, "Serves him right, losing three hundred thousand without making a sound."

After a moment of silence, Sun Kaiping took out a jewelry box from his pocket and opened it, inside was a dazzling red Tourmaline Ring.

Shen Qiang took the Tourmaline Ring.

Then he said, "I've been thinking about buying a house in the city center recently, with a budget of fifteen million. Do either of you have any leads?"

Hearing this, Boss Ma immediately laughed, "The antique market is never short of people in need of money, but the city center is large; within the Inner Ring are all considered city center."

"Within the Inner Ring," Shen Qiang, having put away the ring, said, "I want the most bustling area."

Boss Ma frowned, "Oh, that's not easy to buy, inside the Inner Ring, most houses are old. The newer ones are generally office buildings, but I'll ask around for you."

Shen Qiang said alright.

Then he asked Sun Kaiping for his bank account and called the bank customer service to transfer six hundred thousand to Sun Kaiping.

Sun Kaiping, who had just confirmed the money was in his account, spoke up, "Most people in the antique market have their funds tied up in antiques; they really don't have much in real estate. It's those entrepreneurs who are particularly fond of property, and when they need to liquidate, they usually go to the moneylenders."

Shen Qiang was astonished and asked, "You have a way in?"

Sun Kaiping was silent for a moment before he said, "If you help me appraise items in the future at half price, I'll take you with me."

Shen Qiang laughed, "Seventy percent is already a VIP rate at my place."

Sun Kaiping was silent for a moment before saying, "Deal, wait for my call. A budget of fifteen million, inside the Inner Ring."

Shen Qiang nodded.

After that, Sun Kaiping returned to his booth and started pitching his jars again.

Shen Qiang watched for a while. There were quite a few people trying their luck buying jars, and in just a short time, it seemed he had sold over a dozen. What was more interesting was that these jars usually had something inside them, to some degree—which of course meant that Sun Kaiping was faking it.

He really ought to be shot.

After spending a day at the old market, the antique market, without finding any goods worth purchasing, Shen Qiang ended up helping others appraise two items, each at a twenty percent discount. He made a hundred and sixty thousand, which meant the trip hadn't been a waste.

It was past nine in the evening.

Xin Xiaoting called to say that she had finished reviewing and was feeling a bit tired; she wanted to go for a walk with Shen Qiang.

So, the two of them made plans to meet at the park they had gone to before.

The park was close to Xin Xiaoting's aunt's house and not too far from the antique market either.

Shen Qiang took a taxi over.

As soon as he got out of the taxi, he spotted the little girl who had sold him flowers before. She was carrying a basket of roses, staring at a stall selling large kebabs and salivating.

Her eyes revealed a craving for the large kebabs; she looked adorable yet somewhat pitiful.

Just then, as she spotted a young couple walking hand in hand, she hurried over and said, "Big brother, big brother, buy a bouquet of roses for your girlfriend."

"No, go away, go away!"

The young man pushed the little girl aside rudely and impatiently, while the young woman chuckled.

Looking at the little girl's disappointed gaze,

Shen Qiang was moved and smiled. Then he went over to the kebab stand and bought up a whole bunch of ready-to-eat large kebabs.

As he turned around, he stashed all the kebabs into his Storage Ring.

Walking up to the little girl with a smile, Shen Qiang crouched down and said, "Hey, little sister, do you remember me?"

The little girl's eyes lit up, "Brother, I remember you."

Looking at her thin little face, Shen Qiang smiled, "Do you want brother to do a magic trick for you?"

The little girl, somewhat astonished, said, "I don't have any money to give you."

Shen Qiang laughed and said, "Watch closely." Then with a flip of his hand, a bunch of steaming, fragrant kebabs appeared in his hand, "For you."

The little girl's eyes brightened, "Can I really eat it?"

Shen Qiang nodded, "Of course, eat them while they are hot."

The little girl joyfully took the kebabs, but as her hands were small, she could only hold a few. She bit eagerly into one, seemed to get scalded, but continued chewing happily with big bites.

"It's so delicious. You eat some too, brother."

Shen Qiang laughed and ate a skewer.

While watching the little girl eat with her mouth covered in oil, her face a comic display from the spicy kebabs as she sucked in air, Shen Qiang opened his wallet, counted out six hundred yuan, and handed it to the girl, saying, "Brother will buy all these flowers, then can you take these kebabs home and share them with your mom and dad?"

On hearing these words, the little girl was stunned, silent for a full few seconds. Then, with a look of panic, she glanced behind Shen Qiang and immediately stuffed the unfinished kebab back into Shen Qiang's hand.

She then picked up her flower basket, smiled sweetly, and said, "Brother, I'm not selling you flowers because I know you're a good person."

After that, the little girl took her basket of roses and ran off.

Astounded, Shen Qiang stood up.

That's when Xin Xiaoting arrived, and, with a flirtatious gesture, took a kebab from Shen Qiang's hand, "How did you know I love these?"

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